Document container



Jan. 14, 1930.

J. MOFFATT 1,743,899

DOCUMENT CONTAINER Filed July 26, 1927 ATTO EY Patented dan. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES JAMES Morr'AT'r, or WATERBRY, coNNEczrIc-U'ri- DOCUMENT CONTAINER y .applicati-n mea July 26,

This invention relates to document containers, and more particularly to a receptacle for an automobile license certiicate Awhich will protect it from moisture and dirt.

VOne object of the present invention'is to provide a document container of the above nature which is adapted to be quickly accessible at all times so as to enable the driver to produce the license certificate whenever required.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the above nature which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install and manipulate,

compact, ornamental in appearance, and very eiiicient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view there have been illustrated on the accompanying drawings two forms in which the invention may be conveniently embodied in practice.

Fig. 1 represents a longitudinal sectional view of the first form of the invention as it appears when installed upon the instrument board of a motor vehicle.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the detachable cap for the license container.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

Fig. t is a fragmentary sectional view of the same.

In many States, the owner of a motor vehicle is required by statute to carry his registration certificate in the vehicle so that it can be produced whenever requested by an officer having authority. Ordinarily such certificates are kept loose and unprotected, either in the side pocket of the car or under a seat, where they are apt to be injured by contact with tools or other articles, or even become lost.

By means of the present invention, thev above and other disadvantages have been avoided by providing a certificate container adapted to be permanently located on the instrument board or other part of the car so as to be readily accessible at all times.

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 indicates a hollow tube of a size 1927. serial N.2vo8,533.

suited to contain a license certificate or-other document 11, the latter being rolledl into spiral shape `and adapted to be inserted through the openV end 12 ofsaid tube. The tube 10 has a closed end13,and said'closed end 13 is provided with an aperture 14, in which a rearwardly extending rod 15 isloosely and slidably fitted.The rod 15 has an enlarged stop member 16 on its outer end, and said rod is provided on itsinner end with a plunger 17'` adapted to be; pressed toward the open end 12 of the tube 10`by'a light helical spring 18 seated uponA the closed end 13 of saidtube. f i w The forward part of the tube 10 is pro. vided with exterior threads 19 upon which a pair of nuts 2O` and 21:'are screwed, said nuts being adapted to engage tightly against the oppositesides of the instrument board 22, wherebythe hollow tube 10 will be held in horizontal position" with its open end 12 eX- tending through said instrument board 22'.

The open end 12 ofthe tube is adapted to be'closed by a detachable cap member 23 having an enlarged knurled manipulating flange l 24 and beingprovided with -an interiorly threaded section 25 ewhereby` it` may be screwed uponthe open end 12iof said tube .10.

In operation, when it yi's-desired to ``remove the license Certificate from` theV tube 10, it will only be necessary to unscr'ew the detachable cap 23 and remove it, whereupon lthe springpressed plunger 17 will force they certicate 11 out of the open endY 12 into a .position to be conveniently grasped bytheydriver. In the modilied4 form `of, the invention shown in iFigs. 3 and ,the certificatecontainer isy formed as apart of aiboX-s'haped smokers receptacle 26,1said receptacle 26 having a rectangular recess 27 for `receiving a package ofcigarettes and/or` a matchv box.-T The rolled upcertificate 11, in this instance, is carried vertically within a hollow tubular member 28, the lower end of which rests upon' the bottom 29 of the smoker`sfreceptacle 26.y 9

The upper end ofthe tubular" member 28 is expanded slightly at30 andfis seated in an aperture. 31 in the upper .face32of'the receptacle 26. g .1

The certificate A11;,is1 adapted to.. extend ashort distance above the upper expanded end 30 of the tubular member 28, whereby it may be readily grasped by the driver Whenever the detachable cap 32a is removed. The cap 32a is provided on its upper end with a flanged rim 33 and intermediate its ends has an enlarged shouldered section .34: adapted to seat upon the top 32 of the receptacle 26. Below-the shouldered section 34, the cap 32a is provided With"a depending exteriorly threaded skirt portion '35 adapted to be screwed into the interiorly threaded e2;- panded section 30 of the tube 28. Y

While there have been disclosed in this specification two forms in which the inventi'on may ,be embodied, it 'is to be understood that these torm's :are :shown-for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limitedzto the .specific disclosures but may be modified :and embodied in various other forms without departing vfrom its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modiications and @embodiments coming Within the scope ofthe following claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, :and for which it is desired to :secure Letters Patent, is:

1. In a document nontainer to be lcarried on a motor vehicle, a tube closed at one end adapted to :be mounted in the instrument board of sai-d vehicle, `the open .end `of said tube extending through .said board land having a :detachable ca'p for hermetical'ly sealing said tube, and a spring-pressed plunger in the closed end of 'said tube or pushing `the document :out `the open end of said tube into posit-ion .to be conveniently grasped by the driver when said cap is detached, and a guiding rod on said 'plunger extending through said fclosed fend.

Q. In a :document container to be carried on a motor vehicle, .a tube closed at one .end adapted to :be mounted the instrument board one. said vehicle, the open end of said tube extending through :said board and having adetaehable threaded cap for hermetically sealing said tube screwed thereon, said tube having a spring-"pressed plunger at its closed end, and :a vguiding rod on said plunger extending vthrough said closed end.

i3. In `a document container vto be carried on a mot-or vehicle, a tube cclosed at one end adapted to be mounted in the `instrument board of :said vehicle, the Iopen end of said tube extending through said board and having a iange'd detachable cap for hermetically sealing Vsaid tube, said .tube having a springpressed plunger at its -cclosed end, and a guiding rod on .said plunger extending through 'said 'closed end.

teri'or of said tube being threaded kWhere it passes through said board, locking nuts screwed on said tube for tightly engaging opposite sides of said board, and a detachable cap for hermetically sealing the closed end of said tube, said tube having a springpressed plunger at its closed end, and a guiding rod on said plunger extending through said closed end.

5. In a document container to be carried on a motor vehicle'a tube closed at one end adapted to be' mounted in the instrument board of said vehicle, the open end of said tube extending forwardly through said board and having a detachable cap for hermetically sealing said tube, means in the closed end of said tube for pressing the document toward the open end thereof so that it Will be in position to be conveniently grasped byA the driver When said cap is removed and means extending rearwardly from said document-pressing means for guiding it.

In testimony whereof, I haveaiiixed my signature to this specication.

JAMES' MOFFATT.

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